San Diego  The locally based aid organization Project Concern International is scheduled to fly a disaster relief team to Haiti on Wednesday evening to help with aid efforts in the wake of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that devastated the Caribbean nation.

The team will focus on getting disaster relief resources such as water, food and medical supplies to those in need in Port-au-Prince, a city about 10 miles from the earthquake’s epicenter.

“The first part of the problem is getting supplies from Point A to Point B,” said Chris Bessenecker, a member of the emergency response team. “For us the most important thing is getting things going as quickly as possible.”

Bessenecker said the organization, which helped with the hurricane relief effort in Haiti in 2008, works with organizations in the affected area to increase efficiency.

“One of the things we really like to do is work with local networks,” he said. “We can come in and it looks good on TV, but it’s really these local groups that are most efficient and effective in helping, because they know how to navigate in their system.”

Project Concern has already begun coordinating with local organizations to use boats in Port-au-Prince to transport supplies since travel by road is likely to be severely limited.